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Sanghera, Jasvinder,

Shame / Jasvinder Sanghera. - London : Hodder, 2016. - xiv, 302 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2007.

'Shame' is the heart-rending true story of a young girl's escape from a nightmare. Overwhelmed and alone, Jasvinder was 15 when she ran away from home to escape a forced marriage to a much older man she'd never met. She had to move constantly, ever wary of being tracked down for betraying her family's honour.

ISBN: 9781473631335 (pbk.) : �9.99

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sanghera, Jasvinder.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in charitable work--England--Biography.
Runaway wives--Biography.
Women's shelters--England.
East Indians--England--Biography.
Abused wives--England.
Arranged marriage.
Honor killings.
Biography.